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Kate Shelley Bound for Legend
by Robert D. San Souci /
Publisher: Dial Books /
ISBN: 0-8037-1289-8 / Hardback 1995 /
Ages 4-10 / The year was 1881, the place Des Moines, Iowa, Kate Shelley would save a train and some railroad workers by crawling across a 700-foot-long bridge over raging water in the middle of a storm.
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Mailing May - Hardback
by Michael O. Tunnell /
Publisher: Greenwillow Books /
ISBN: 0-688-12878-5 / Hardback 1997 /
Ages 4-8 / A true story of a 5 year old girl who was mailed from Grangeville to Lewiston Idaho as a parcel for fifty-three cents. She traveled the 75 mile trip via train in the postal car to visit her Grandmother.
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Mailing May - Special Edition Paperback
by Michael O. Tunnell /
Publisher: Greenwillow Books /
ISBN: Special Edition / Paperback / Ages 4-8 / A true story of a 5 year old girl who was mailed from Grangeville to Lewiston Idaho as a parcel for fifty-three cents. She traveled the 75 mile trip via train in the postal car to visit her Grandmother.
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My America- Message in the Sky Corey's Underground Railroad Diary
by Sharon Dennis Wyeth/Publisher: Scholastic /
ISBN: 0-439-37058-2/ Paperback 2003/ Ages 8-14 / Ten Year old Corey Birdsong, a former slave, becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad by helping to bring a mother,daughter, and runaway slaves to his family's farm in 1859. Part of the "My Name is American" series.
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My Name is America-The Journal Of Sean Sullivan
by William Durbin
Publisher: Scholastic /
ISBN: 0-439-04994-6 / Hardback 1999 / Ages 8-14 / in 1867, 15 year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards as he joins his father working on the buildong on the Transcontinental Railroad. Part on the "My Name is America" Series
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Nellie Bly Reporter for the World
SPECIAL ORDER / by Martha E. Kendall / Publisher: Millbrook Press / ISBN: 1-56294-787-7 / Paperback 1994/OUT-OF-PRINT/ Ages 4-10 / Reporter for the world. Based upon the true life story of a women who advertised the newspaper she worked for by riding on the rails.
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Nellie Bly: A Name to be Reckoned With
by Stephen Krensky/
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks/
ISBN: 0-689-855737/ Paperback 2003/ Ages 9-12 / Milestone Book Series, based upon the true life story of an investigative reporter who advertised the newspaper she worked for by riding on the rails.
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Nowhere to Call Home
by Cynthia Defelice /
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers /
ISBN: 0-380-73306-4 / Paperback 2001 / Ages 8-12 / After the death of her father, 12 year old Frances must board a train and go to live with her Aunt. Instead she decides to cash in the train ticket, change her name to Frankie and live the life of a hobo.
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Orphan Train Rider - One Boy's True Story
by Andrea Warren /
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Boston Co. /
ISBN: 0-395-91362-4 / Paperback 1998 / Ages 9-14 / His name was Lee Nailing and he took an orphan train west in 1926. This is one man's memories of his childhood abandonment, orphan train experience and adoption.
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Orphan Train Rider - One Boy's True Story HARDBACK
by Andrea Warren /
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Boston Co. /
ISBN: 0-395-698227/ Hardback 1996/ Ages 9-14 / His name was Lee Nailing and he took an orphan train west in 1926. This is one man's memories of his childhood abandonment, orphan train experience and adoption.
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